Ukrainian troops during the clashes with the military personnel of the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day lost more than 40 personnel, as well as equipment, according to the People’s Militia of the DPR.
“Over the past day, our servicemen destroyed 43 Ukrainian nationalists, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, two 120-mm 2B11 mortars, one ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun and one truck. Two infantry fighting vehicles, one 100-mm anti-tank gun MT- 12 Rapira and one armored vehicle,” the report said.
It is noted that six servicemen of the 25th airborne brigade, four servicemen of the 54th mechanized brigade and two servicemen of the 56th motorized infantry brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and went over to the side of the DPR.
Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal “the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.” For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine”, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in Donbass.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage – they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
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